US6014294A - Disc cartridge with clearance groove - Google Patents

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US6014294A
US6014294A US07/979,627 US97962792A US6014294A US 6014294 A US6014294 A US 6014294A US 97962792 A US97962792 A US 97962792A US 6014294 A US6014294 A US 6014294A
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Hirotoshi Fujisawa
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B23/00—Record carriers not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Accessories, e.g. containers, specially adapted for co-operation with the recording or reproducing apparatus ; Intermediate mediums; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for their manufacture
    • G11B23/02—Containers; Storing means both adapted to cooperate with the recording or reproducing means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B17/00—Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor
    • G11B17/02—Details
    • G11B17/04—Feeding or guiding single record carrier to or from transducer unit
    • G11B17/041—Feeding or guiding single record carrier to or from transducer unit specially adapted for discs contained within cartridges
    • G11B17/043—Direct insertion, i.e. without external loading means
    • G11B17/0438—Direct insertion, i.e. without external loading means with mechanism for subsequent vertical movement of the disc and opening mechanism of the cartridge shutter
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B23/00—Record carriers not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Accessories, e.g. containers, specially adapted for co-operation with the recording or reproducing apparatus ; Intermediate mediums; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for their manufacture
    • G11B23/02—Containers; Storing means both adapted to cooperate with the recording or reproducing means
    • G11B23/03—Containers for flat record carriers
    • G11B23/0301—Details
    • G11B23/0308—Shutters
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B23/00—Record carriers not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Accessories, e.g. containers, specially adapted for co-operation with the recording or reproducing apparatus ; Intermediate mediums; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for their manufacture
    • G11B23/02—Containers; Storing means both adapted to cooperate with the recording or reproducing means
    • G11B23/03—Containers for flat record carriers
    • G11B23/0301—Details
    • G11B23/0313—Container cases
    • G11B23/0316—Constructional details, e.g. shape

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  • the shutter member 8 may be moved simply by providing the recording and/or reproducing apparatus with a convex-shaped shutter opening member introduced into the groove 16. That is, a convex-shaped shutter opening member is provided on the lateral side of a cartridge holder into which the disc cartridge D1 is introduced and held and which is adapted for loading the disc cartridge D1 into the disc rotating and driving device.
  • the disc cartridge D1 is introduced into the cartridge holder, with the lateral side of the disc cartridge D1 having the opening end 16a of the groove 16 as an introducing end and with the direction of movement of the shutter member 8 as the introducing direction. In this manner, the disc cartridge D1 may be introduced into the groove 16 to permit the shutter member 8 to be moved in the direction of the opening the apertures 6 and 7 by the shutter member 8.
  • the shutter member since the clearance is formed at a position in register with the position of the shutter member, the shutter member is moved to the position of opening the apertures by the shutter opening member introduced into the groove formed in the cartridge main body.
  • This allows for extending in the direction of movement of the shutter member, a maximum stroke of relative movement between the cartridge main body and the shutter opening member along the direction of movement of the cartridge main body when the shutter member has been moved to the position of opening the recording/reproducing apertures.
  • the result is that the machining tolerance may be taken up and the cartridge main body may be positively pressed against and supported by the height setting pins and the loading position setting pins so as to be loaded in position on the cartridge loading unit within the recording and/or reproducing apparatus.
  • the clearance 37 is formed by partially removing, in the form of a recess, the forward end of the lower half 32 of the cartridge main body 33 defining the groove 36 and facing the upper half 31.
  • the clearance 37 ends at the rising surface 37a as an inclined surface, the shutter opening member 21 which has intruded into the groove 36 for moving the shutter member 8 to the position of the opening the apertures 6, 7 may be smoothly moved towards the opening end 36a before exiting the groove 36.
  • the clearance 37 is just wide enough to accommodate the shutter opening member 21, which has caused the shutter member 8 to be moved to the position of opening the apertures 6, 7, so that it is only necessary to remove the groove partially in the form of the recess.

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  • Feeding And Guiding Record Carriers (AREA)
  • Packaging For Recording Disks (AREA)
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  • Holding Or Fastening Of Disk On Rotational Shaft (AREA)
US07/979,627 1991-11-28 1992-11-19 Disc cartridge with clearance groove Expired - Lifetime US6014294A (en)

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JP3-338026 1991-11-28
JP33802691A JP3178047B2 (ja) 1991-11-28 1991-11-28 ディスクカートリッジ

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US (1) US6014294A (zh)
EP (1) EP0544336B1 (zh)
JP (1) JP3178047B2 (zh)
KR (1) KR100272816B1 (zh)
CN (1) CN1034299C (zh)
AT (1) ATE162330T1 (zh)
AU (1) AU661065B2 (zh)
CA (1) CA2083985C (zh)
DE (1) DE69224044T2 (zh)
HK (1) HK1008448A1 (zh)

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US6307711B1 (en) * 1998-09-22 2001-10-23 Sony Corporation Disc cartridge
US20040057368A1 (en) * 2002-09-19 2004-03-25 Song-Ling Chang Optical storage apparatus and housing
US20060064713A1 (en) * 2003-07-09 2006-03-23 Conon Kabushiki Kaisha Disc cartridge, and information recording reproducing device using the disc cartridge
US20110170393A1 (en) * 2010-01-13 2011-07-14 Buffalo Inc. Cartridge system

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US4614990A (en) * 1982-07-19 1986-09-30 Sony Corporation Disc cassette with shutter and releasable latch therefor
US4682322A (en) * 1985-05-20 1987-07-21 Sony Corporation Disk cartridge
US4694448A (en) * 1984-05-15 1987-09-15 Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha Disc case
JPS6346669A (ja) * 1987-06-24 1988-02-27 Sony Corp ディスクカセット
US4736357A (en) * 1984-09-19 1988-04-05 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Recording and/or reproducing apparatus

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US4614990A (en) * 1982-07-19 1986-09-30 Sony Corporation Disc cassette with shutter and releasable latch therefor
JPS60143491A (ja) * 1983-12-29 1985-07-29 Fujitsu Ltd 磁気デイスクカ−トリツジ
US4694448A (en) * 1984-05-15 1987-09-15 Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha Disc case
US4736357A (en) * 1984-09-19 1988-04-05 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Recording and/or reproducing apparatus
US4682322A (en) * 1985-05-20 1987-07-21 Sony Corporation Disk cartridge
JPS6346669A (ja) * 1987-06-24 1988-02-27 Sony Corp ディスクカセット

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6307711B1 (en) * 1998-09-22 2001-10-23 Sony Corporation Disc cartridge
US20040057368A1 (en) * 2002-09-19 2004-03-25 Song-Ling Chang Optical storage apparatus and housing
US20060064713A1 (en) * 2003-07-09 2006-03-23 Conon Kabushiki Kaisha Disc cartridge, and information recording reproducing device using the disc cartridge
US20110170393A1 (en) * 2010-01-13 2011-07-14 Buffalo Inc. Cartridge system
CN102136291A (zh) * 2010-01-13 2011-07-27 巴比禄股份有限公司 盒系统
US8351149B2 (en) * 2010-01-13 2013-01-08 Buffalo Inc. Cartridge system

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DE69224044D1 (de) 1998-02-19
EP0544336A3 (en) 1993-09-22
JP3178047B2 (ja) 2001-06-18
EP0544336A2 (en) 1993-06-02
KR930010947A (ko) 1993-06-23
AU2840192A (en) 1993-06-03
CN1034299C (zh) 1997-03-19
CA2083985C (en) 2001-10-16
DE69224044T2 (de) 1998-04-23
KR100272816B1 (ko) 2000-11-15
CN1072793A (zh) 1993-06-02
ATE162330T1 (de) 1998-01-15
HK1008448A1 (en) 1999-05-07
JPH05151739A (ja) 1993-06-18
CA2083985A1 (en) 1993-05-29
EP0544336B1 (en) 1998-01-14
AU661065B2 (en) 1995-07-13

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